Yesterday was a very good day. Nicole stayed to work from home and Kennedy didn't have school. The boys went off to school and were very calm all morning. I gave them their breakfast, they got ready and played a while before leaving. When they left, I picked everything up in the kitchen and living room and made crafts with Kennedy. I had took a couple of books from home with me so I had one with all these art project ideas and lots of nice stuff so I took it out. Kenny was amazed and said that we should try doing all of them projects before Christmas. The book was quite big so I told her I didn't know if we'd have time but it turns out just yesterday, we did 4 or 5. So we just may be able to go threw it all !
I cooked her dinner and around 12:30, Nicole and I went out with her to go to her gymnastics class that was at 1. It's about a 5minutes drive only but they wanted to show me other places where they often go either to get stuff they need, prescriptions or simply to shop a little. So we went around this little outside mall where there's a Shoppers Drug Mart and a few little places where I could go with Kennedy on her days off. Nicole mentionned this little salon where her and Kenny get their nails done sometimes and also this new potterie place called "Croc a Doodle" where you can go and paint different pieces. So I will definitely look it up and maybe bring Kennedy there one of these days :) Before heading to Gymnastics, we stopped for a Starbucks (Peppermint Mocha YUMMMMMM) and Kennedy got a white chocolate milk. In Oakville, Starbucks are just as present as Tim Hortons (if not even more). I was already in love with Starbucks but now I think I will definitely get addicted. Especially with those Holiday drinks <3
So Gymnastics was cool. Brian had warned us to bring a book but it wasn't that bad. By the end, Nicole and I were starting to get sleepy but it was fine. It's a HUGE gymnastics gym with ALOTE of equipment. There was a few people working out pretty seriously because they probably compete so it was pretty impressive but watching the kids was really fun too. Kennedy is actually pretty good. And it's cool because the parents can't go in but there is this watching room upstairs with nice comfy couches that you can sit on and watch threw a big window wall. So that was fun. A bit before Kenny finished, Nicole and I went around the place. The Gymnastics club is in the Oakville recreation centre where there is also a public pool, a training gym, the library and two skating rinks where alot of the practices and games will be held. So now I know where three of the arenas are (3 on 9 that is !!!) Thankfully I have a GPS furnished in the van so i'll be good to go ! Up until now though it's ok and i'm finding my way around pretty easily.
When we came back from Gymnastics, I looked up to see what we could have for Dinner so Nicole and I decided to have beef tenderloins with rissoto and veggies so I took the Van and went out to Monastery (That Italian bakery that I will probably mention pretty often now !!) to get the tenderloins and bread. Yayyyy, my first drive out alone ! So I got the stuff and as I was about to pull out of the driveway, Nicole texted me...
Yikesss ! My mom and cousin are coming over for dinner...
Can you grab extra tenderloins ?
So I went back in to grab those ! And then on my way home I started to panic... I figured she didn't want me to do dinner for them but I still wasn't sure... I imagined burning the tenderloins and over cooking the rissoto and making a fool out of myself... But as the (usually) calm person that I am, I got over it and made my way home. And anyways I was right. Nicole told me not to worry about anything and that she wasn't going to make me do supper for her family !! But I did offer to help her out so I cooked the rissoto and veggies and she took care of the meat and garlic bread. Her cousin was a truck driver and was stuck in a truck stop for some reason so when Nicole's mom heard about it she called him up and asked if he wanted his old auntie to go see him ! So when Nicole heard about it she invited them over. She hadn't seen her cousin in forever. He lives in Miramichi (NB) but is from Nova Scotia. So they came over with a bottle of wine and it was just perfect for our dinner. Everything turned out quite good and the kids enjoyed it too.
Nicole's mom and Nathan (her cousin) left around 8:30 so I helped out Nicole with the dishes and then sat down with Curtis to do his math homework, as it was already pretty late. Before they went to bed, I read Curtis and Brandon a story in french. They really enjoy someone reading them stories so that was fun too. It calmed them down before going to bed.
This morning was quite hectic... I got up at the same as Curtis and everything was going well. I made him his breakfast and prepared the lunches. When Dylan and Kennedy got up, they had breakfast and then they started fooling around. When the time came to close everything for them to go get ready, things started heating up and they wouldn't listen. I was trying to get them to be quite as Nicole was in bed (She stayed in because she wasn't feeling good). They finally went up and it wasn't too bad but Curtis who has ADDH was having a bad morning and didn't want to cooporate at all. I was feeling so bad because I knew Nicole was awake and I didn't want her to get up but time was flying by and I had to go out of the house with Kennedy at 8:35 tops to walk her to school. And I was thinking "He has to go too because I can't leave him here alone"... Ok he wouldn't exactly be alone since Nicole was in but I just had in mind that normaly, she wouldn't be there.
I was starting to get freaked out when Nicole finally got up... Needless to say I was very dissapointed and feeling bad but before going into his room, she looked at me and said "I don't want you to feel bad, i'll take care of it". She went in and things got worst but she finally got a hold of him and did what she had to do... The things is she knows him alote more than I do and I still didn't know exactly how to react to him... When I came back from walking Kennedy, he had left on time. Nicole said that he was very ashamed and sorry when he left... Before leaving, he gave her a big hug and said "I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that... Tell Lyne i'm sorry". She told me that and said that mornings like these don't happen very often but they still do sometimes... She said she was happy to have been home for me for my first "Curtis Crisis" and said that it if happened again, I was just to go with Kennedy and by the time i'd be back, he would have calmed down. He had his medication when he got up but she says sometimes it just doesn't do it when he's about to have a melt down. It's as if he can't control it. So even though it sounds aweful, it actually went not too bad and Nicole told me I probably saw him at his worst. So that was reasuring. At the end of our conversation, she just added "So ya... That was Curtis".
I think the fact that their last nanny left after being there for a few years + Brian leaving to go out west after being at home 3 weeks in row didn't help. I talked about it with Nicole and we figured the best thing to do would simply be to make it clear that I am not going anywhere (At least not until Xmas). That way it'll be clear in his head and Nicole said it might be easier for him to figure it out. Anyhow... It still wasn't that bad !
As for the rest of my day, it went well. I did some cleaning and some laundry and took a couple of breaks to do my phone calls and watch Ellen. Then at 3 I walked back to get Kenny and when I got back I prepared the sheppards pie for our dinner. Curtis had shooting practice at 7 so while he was gone I did Dylan's homework with him and sent him and Kennedy to shower. We then sat down and watched Tv for a while and when Nicole and Curtis got back around 8, we all went to bed. We were all quite tired and needed it. So tomorrow Kennedy and I have are day all planed out ! We will be baking cookies in the morning and doing crafts in the afternoon !
A couple of you mentionned you would like to see the house and neighborhood so in the next few days, I will take pictures and post them. Meanwhile, I already have a couple of the inside. It is very nice and cosy and I am in LOVE with the kitchen.
When you get in the house, the laundry room, closet and a little washroom are on the right. In front is either the stairway to the second floor or if you go strait ahead, you get to the kitchen and living room in the back of the house. If you turn left as you come in, there is an open space that serves as an office and another dinning table which is never really used and where you can find another fire place and some of Kennedy's Crafts stuff. Upstairs are the four bedrooms and two bathrooms (A main one and one in the master bedroom). And if you head downstairs there is my room and a washroom and the rest is an open space in which Brian built an inside rink. More pictures in the following days :) Nighty night readers.
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